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communication, it is wholly written
by Americans. Its subjects are for
the most part American and chiefly
those of close and present interest to
our people, such as Lincoln and the
life of the West in the last genera
tion; and the events OF the Civil
War; our material standing in CON-
parlson with other nations; the La
Dor question; the Prohibition move
ment; the need of an international
Copyright, etc., etc. Where the
subjects are not American, as in the
papers on the French sculptors and
the French actor, Coquelln, they are
closely related to our art life by the
excellence of the artists considered
and the writers are well-known
American critics.
Readers of the Life of Lincoln, by
Nicholas and Hay, will be grateful
for the liberal portions Of that work
which are presented TO them from
month to month. The current part
relates to Lincoln from Springfield I;
the first clash with Douglas the Log
CABIN and Hard Cider Campaign
LincoIn's marriage; his relations
with the Speeds of Kentucky; the
Shields duel; the campaign of 1884 +;
and Lincoln's devotion to Clay.
Among the characterics of the young
politician, it is recorded in his own
words that he was opposed to "re-
movals to make places for our
friends" The paper has number Of
interesting pictures, portraits, and
d comments.
A sketch entitled George Ban
croft-ln Society. in Politics, in Let
ters," Is contributed by Professor
W. NJ. Sloane, editor of The Prince
ton Review, formerly Mr.. Bancroft's 8
private secratary ct Berlin. This
paper is the first authoritative biogra-
ply yet written uf a man of the most
interesting character and career,
and gives the only authentic account
in print of Mr.. Bancroft's interviews
with Gothic and Byron. A sketch
of the historians head, recently
drawn by Mr.. ]. w. Alexander, is
the frontispIece of the number.
Following his paper on the Food
Question, in the December number,
Mr.. Edward Atkinson contributes
another on tThe Relative Strength
and Weakness of Nations, being the
first of Two Studies in the AppIica-
tion of Statistics to Social Science"
The article is a rich storehouse of
facts W hlch are set before the reader
in a manner easily to be grasped, by
means of graphic diagrams present
ing such resumes as the following: 1.
The Comparative Areas of Nations;
2. Their Relative Population; 3.
Our National Domain; Its area IN
actual use, and how it is apportioned
among cereals, together with an esti-
mate of what amount of pasture land
might suffice; 4. The Population of
the United States from 1860 to 1890
enumerated or computed, 5. Miles
of Rsilway in the United States from
1865 to 1886 6. Charge per ton per
mule; z. Grain Crops; s. Product of
Drain per Capita; 9. Hay Crop 10.
Product of Pig-iron; IL. Cotton
Crops; -. Progress and Wealth; Is.
Growth of Life Insurance IA. rhe
Wages of Workmen; Is. Deposits
in the Massachusetts, Savingsbanks;
16. The public Debt of the United
States. Among the far-reachlng and
suggestive conclusions of Mr.. At
klnson's paper, one of the striking
is that, in the face of the c0mpeti-
tion of free people, having such
record of material prosperity, Euro
pean nations must "disarm or
starve."
10 a paper on "Comets and Mete-
ors," in the "New Astronomy"
series, Professor S. P. Langley, the
gathers up the most
recent scientific knowledge of his
subject, illustrating it by graphic
which quickly awaken
the imagination of the reader. Among
the pictures are wood-cuts Of comets
and of meteor shower.
The second of Mr.. W. c. Brow
nelPs critical papers on "French
Scultors" deals with Saint Marcaux,
Mercie, and Falguire, whose work is
by beautifully engraved
wood-cuts, three of full-page size.
Mr.. Brownell incidently touches
upon the relation of the sculpture of
the present dav to that of Greece
and to that of the Italian Renais-
salce,
MIR. Henry James. in paper OF
criticism and reminlscence, presents
MS impressions of Coquelin, the
French actor of the Comedis Fran
caise, the immediate occasion of the
article being that actors lately con-
visit to America. Though
not giving biographical details, this
sketch cquaints the reader with the
personality and triumphs of the not
ed artist. A portrait engraved by
ZrlilI il r,r1rtad with the article